Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 30.57 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
30.57
Change on year
up 46.2%
World rank
81st
of 157 countries
All-time high
30.57
in 2019
All-time low
20.91
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in Papua New Guinea, 2015–2019

01020302015201720192015: 20.92016: 20.92017: 20.92018: 20.92019: 30.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Papua New Guinea recorded 30.57 for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 46.2% on the previous year and up 46.2% over five years.

Papua New Guinea ranks 81st of 157 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in Papua New Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Papua New Guinea, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 20.91
2016 20.91 +0.0%
2017 20.91 +0.0%
2018 20.91 +0.0%
2019 30.57 +46.2%

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Papua New Guinea?
Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Papua New Guinea was 30.57 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 30.57 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 20.91 in 2015.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?
Papua New Guinea ranks 81st out of 157 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
157 places, 785 data points, 2015–2019
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The score for time to obtain VAT refund benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.